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Nurse and PA associations sue the Trump administration over new student loan rules

NPR | By Ryan Benk,
Ayesha Rascoe
Published June 7, 2026 at 7:14 AM CDT

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks American Academy of Physician Associates President Tom Pickard about a lawsuit seeking more generous caps on student loans for PA and nursing programs.

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Ayesha Rascoe
Ayesha Rascoe is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday and the Saturday episodes of Up First. As host of the morning news magazine, she interviews news makers, entertainers, politicians and more about the stories that everyone is talking about or that everyone should be talking about.